Anesthesiology is the practice of medicine dedicated to the relief of pain and the total care of the surgical patient before, during and after surgery. The anesthesiologist is the perioperative physician who provides medical care to patients throughout their surgical experience. This includes evaluating the patient before surgery, consulting with the surgeon, providing pain control and monitoring life functions during surgery, supervising care after surgery, and medically discharging the patient from the recovery unit. Today’s safe anesthetic medications and sophisticated monitoring devices enable our anesthesiologists to provide the best medical care possible.